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Location: Rockland Harbor
Nearest Town: Rockland, Maine
Latitude: 44.0856 Longitude: -69.0913
Body of Water: Penobscot Bay
Open to Public: No
Station Established: 1987
Present Tower Activated: 1987
Status of Light: Operational
Tower Height: 44 ft.
Optic: Fifth Order Fresnel, 1989
Marine Lens, 1987
National Register Reference #: Not Listed
Listing Name: N/A
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The Rockland Harbor Southwest lighthouse is the only privately built beacon in New England. Dr. Bruce Woollett, a true lighthouse enthusiast, built the lighthouse in the mid-1980s. With the assistance of the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland, the 44 foot, gray, square cylindrical frame tower rising from a two-story residence was recognized by the Coast Guard as an official aid to navigation, warning vessels away from the nearby Seal Ledge, in 1987. The original electric marine lens was replace in 1989 with a fifth order Fresnel lens transferred from the Doubling Point range lights near Bath.
The site was sold in 1998 and extensively renovated. Still privately owned, the Rockland Harbor Southwest lighthouse is closed to the public.
Lighthouse Accessibility
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While located on the mainland in Rockland, this lighthouse is located on private property and is closed to the public. |
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This lighthouse is best seen by boat.
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